Musical advertising toy.



T; S. SPIVEY.

MUSICAL ADVERTISING TOY.

APPLICATION PIVLED 11017.25, 1910.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

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THOMAS S. SPIVEY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MUSICAL ADVERTISING TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14:, 1911.

Application filed November 25, 1910. Serial No. 593,991.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. SPIVEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Musical Advertising Toy; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description of the invention, attention being called to the drawing which accompanies this application and forms a part thereof.

This invention relates to a device which serves as a toy and for amusement purposes by exhibiting pictures and producing musical sounds. It may be used as an advertising medium, in which case these features serve to attract attention to the device and to advertisements displayed on it.

In the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end thereof, will be found a full description of my invention, together with its operation, parts and construction, which latter is also illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, shows a front-view of the device. Fig. 2, is a similar view with the front-side removed. Fig. 3, is a vertical section of it. Fig. 4, in a view similar to Fig. 2, illustrates a modified construction.

In the drawing, 6 indicates a suitable case, more or less ornamental and of which 7 is the front-wall. This latter is by preference removable, or it may be in form of a hinged door to afford access to the interior. It is provided with a view-opening 8 and its outer side may be used for displaying advertisements.

9 is a segment of a disk, provided with a set of pictures 10, arranged side by side in a circular row and each of a size corresponding to view-opening 8, so that when said disk is moved or oscillated 011 its center, the viewopening being accordingly located, all of these pictures may pass behind this latter and across the same so as to be visible from the outside. These pictures may represent any suitable subject of an amusing or attractive character, as for instance a ball-player, a group of boxers or advertising matter. As a means for operating this disk, a device is used which I call an oscillator and which operates on the principle of a pendulum, 11 being the arm of the same, and 12 the weight at its lower end. 13 is the pivot on which it is supported, the same being a pin seated in the rear-wall. of the case and coincident with the center of disk 9. This latter and arm 11 might be in one piece, but by preference the disks are separate and arranged to seat in an enlargement of said arm, so as to permit removal and interchange of different subjects. These disks may be of card-board and seat in a groove provided to receive them at their lower edge. A knob 14 is provided on arm 11, the shank of which extends through a slot 15 in the front of the case so as to permit manipulation of the oscillator which is by giving this knob a push. As will be understood, this action will cause the pictures on the front-side of the disk to pass behind the view-opening and produce the desired effect.

In Fig. 4, a modified construction is shown, which differs in respect to the support of the disk-segment which swings on an independent pivot 16. A carrier 17 is provided for it which has a gear-segment 18 and is mounted on said pin. The oscillator has also a gear-segment 19 which is in mesh with gear-segment 18. Musical sounds are produced by a flexible finger 2O projecting rearwardly from the oscillator, preferably from the weight thereof and adapted to pass across a set of steel-wires 21, stretched between pins seated in the rear-wall of the case. These wires, by difference in thickness or in length, are attuned so as to produce a harmonious sound when touched by the passing finger on the oscillator. This part of the device may also be modified as shown in Fig. 4, where the sounding finger is carried on the rear-side of the disk, the wires being correspondingly located. 22 are buffersprings, adapted to check the oscillator in case the same is manipulated more forcibly than necessary. The addition of a spring actuated clock-movement containing an escapement to actuate the oscillator in place of manual operation is obvious.

Having described my invent-ion, I claim as new:

1. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a case having a view-opening in its front-side, a picture-carrier supported back of this front-side, means to produce musical sounds provided in the case and an oscillator accessible from the outside for manipulation to cause the carrier to oscillate behind the view-opening while simultaneously agitating the soundproducing with these Wires and a knob to manipulate 10 means. the oscillator.

2. In a device of the kind described, the In testimony whereof, I hereunto atfix my combination of a case having a view-open- 1 signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ing in its front-side, an oscillator pivotally THOMAS S SPIVEY supported therein, a picture-carrying disk mounted on said oscillator, sound-producing Vitnesses: Wires stretched in the case a sounding finger C. SPENGEL, carried on the oscillator adapted to contact 1 T. LE BEAU.

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